The" so be it" management mentality has failed in the past and will in the future. AA management has been going down hill for quite some time. The yes men chief pilots now are alienated from the pilots in most cases and are not trusted. I have worked under those conditions and know how it changes your way of protecting your future by knowing you are on your own in the aircraft so you have to protect yourself, nobody else will. Efficiency takes second place to covering your 6. Things need to change at AA. A lot of bad things are happening now, mostly from the top.